Training

In an initiative to increase its proportion of female pilots, easyJet, the low-cost UK airline, hopes to double its number of female entrant pilots in the next two years. Currently, 6 percent of easyJet’s new pilot intakes and 5 percent of the airline’s total 2,500 pilots are female — consistent with the small percentage of […]

Tornadoes had caused extensive damage and loss of life in central Kansas — the area from which we had departed in our airplane that very morning. There had been a wild weather rampage all the way from Oklahoma to Nebraska. The video on TV that evening was dramatic. Had I taken an extreme risk to […]

Hoping to inspire elementary-aged kids to pursue aviation and aerospace-related careers, Missouri-based non-profit TriStar Experience has launched a STEM program using a fully restored MD-83 jet. Wings of Pride, TriStar’s first operational jet aircraft, will be used in ground-based educational programs in schools, museums and within youth organizations to expose children in grades three through […]

In the past month, Preston Allen, a 24-year-old pilot dreaming of a professional pilot career, has done something most people in the aviation would consider improbable. Atlanta-based flight instructor Dan Gryder found a way to get Allen a whole slew of ratings, including a Cessna Citation CE-550S second-in-command (SIC) type rating, all within the span […]

Are we witnessing the dawn of a kinder, gentler Federal Aviation Administration? Saying it is seeking to challenge the safety status quo, the FAA is adopting a new “compliance philosophy” designed to cut pilots and aircraft operators a break for honest mistakes as part of what is being described as an agency-wide push to identify […]

As the use of drones is increasing in a wide variety of applications and the FAA is finalizing the operational requirements for unmanned aircraft, there will be a growing need for training for the pilots of these systems. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) is about to break ground on a new facility in Grand […]

In an effort to encourage its policyholders to become safer pilots, the United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG) is offering discounts to pilots who complete courses through USAIG’s Performance Vector program as a safety initiative for turbine operators. This week USAIG added upset recovery training courses through Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) to the program. Two […]

I’m haunted by the sky … by wind and clouds, by airplanes and fliers. It’s been a gift, a blessing: struggling to acquire and hone skills; taking written exams and practicing for check rides; feeling the pride of earning a certificate or rating and the gloom of a less-than-stellar performance; teaching neophytes how to land […]

The FAA has issued guidance to offices that handle pilot certificate action, offering an alternative tool for handling FAA violations through remedial training. The FAA said the new guidance was put in place in an effort to make the National Airspace System safer by correcting deviances through training rather than litigation. The remedial training will […]

Garmin is expanding its online course curriculum with a course designed to help pilots interpret onboard weather radar data. Weather radar is a terrific tool for pilots to avoid adverse conditions in the sky and help them make better weather-related decisions. Garmin’s Weather Radar Operations eLearning Course teaches pilots basic and intermediate weather radar operations, […]